@techreport{Schleich2012Effects,
abstract = {This paper analyzes the effects of providing feedback on electricity consumption in a field trial involving more than 1,500 households in Linz, Austria. About half of these households received feedback together with information about electricity-saving measures (pilot group), while the remaining households served as a control group. Participation in the pilot group was random, but households were able to choose between two types of feedback: access to a web portal or written feedback by post. Results from cross section OLS regression suggest that feedback provided to the pilot group corresponds with electricity savings of around 4.5 % for the average household. Our results from quantile regressions imply that for house-holds in the 30th to the 70th percentile, feedback on electricity consumption is statistically significant and effects are highest in absolute terms and as a share of electricity consumption. For percentiles below or above this range, feedback ap-pears to have no effect. Finally, controlling for a potential endogeneity bias induced by non random participation in the feedback type groups, we find no difference in the effects of feedback provided via the web portal and by post.},
address = {Karlsruhe},
author = {Joachim Schleich and Marian Klobasa and Sebastian G\"{o}tz and Marc Brunner},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {330; smart metering; feedback; household electricity consumption; Messger\"{a}t; Elektrizit\"{a}t; Energiekonsum; Privater Haushalt; Energiesparen; \"{O}sterreich},
language = {eng},
number = {S8/2012},
publisher = {Fraunhofer ISI},
title = {Effects of feedback on residential electricity demand: Findings from a field trial in Austria},
type = {Working Paper Sustainability and Innovation},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/67380},
year = {2012}
}